The Dutch-Flanders accreditation organisation (NVAO) awarded the characteristic because the tracks pay special attention to entrepreneurship and give students a solid foundation on entrepreneurial elements. The NVAO has awarded the special characteristic “entrepreneurship” only once. The characteristic is an addition to the regular accreditation. In order to do this the NVAO executed a pilot in which it assessed 11 requests, seven of which from Dutch and three from Flemish institutions. From the 11 requests only the two tracks from the VU received the special characteristic “entrepreneurship”.